The outcrop (1900-09-20)

J. W. McNaught In'
South Africa |

,

Continued from Pace 3 H

Boor told me that he bad fought!
the war, but be bad quit as

An old
all throu,
there was nothing left te fight for, he
had give ims and taken osth

] Was] ‘keted near his Louse one day 4

nhoup has

when we were acting as an escort: to the
transport getting supplies from the train
aboot eight miles from our camp, where |
the barars had stepped in and blown up |
a bridge one night and cut eur line ot!
supply, the trains having got through as
Jaras this point before, but it don’t take
them long in getting the track in repair. [
Lhave seen quite a lot of this country |
now and what 1 have seen of itconvinces
one thatit is one of the finest countries

vider the sun for a white man to live in,

and how it has beea left so long in the
hands of the WKathes undeveloped and so }
easy to develop battles me. Zalalind is
place, fertile soil, mee}
climate and anything, All
through Natal anything and everything
will grow that is cultivated, and what a
tine place to reac eattle. They ran out
all the year round and still they have to

just a lovely

grows

import the most of their provisions, suc hf
What a
tiie opening for some progressive harine- |

Lexpect

as hams, bacon and butter.
ers, as blick labor is so cheap.
tosee abiglot of the soldiers that are |
now out here staying in the country.—
Australians and Canadians as well. 1]
Lave just about made ap my mind to |
stay bere for auother year and see what)
it willdo. The Transvaal is very much |
tike Manitoba even to the rich black soil,
only in places such as where we are just | /
now, there are alot of high kop jeMor s
Lills. Some are very rocky and stoney,
others are good grazing, hut take it all in
allat shoull be the granary of South
Africa, instead of what it is, occupied by
alot of lazy Datelimen,
10,000 or 12,000 acres of land, with a
jittle shack, like a halfbreed place on it
fora house and baying a few sheep and)
cattle and a few acres under enltivation |
bo grow anealies or corn. That is about,
all they bave done aiter 40 or 50 years |
sesidence on it, and beexpect that if the |
new government acts very liberally to H

owning about!

wards its immigrants that it will boom, |
ws itis so rich im minerals, coal, iron, ti -)
and copper being found as well as gold

itis boundto have a great future. 1)
rurprised to

would not be see quite a!

few towns as huge as Johannesburg
spring up here inthe next few years

This is abouy the middle of their winter

and it is just like Manitoba’s fall weath- |
the nights |

r—the days nice and warm,
cold and frosty 1} have seen

as half amile of ice on the water in one |

night—a little tuo cold te lie out with |
only one pair of blanketsand lighteotton |
underclothes. Our clothes are getting

pretty well played cut. What we want

is some heavy woollen underclothes to |
at night.
much

keep us warm Gur food is not,
so bad, not

We are allowed one pound tinned or one |

reason to complain. |

and one-quarter pounds fresh meat, one
povnd biscuit, one-quarter pound jam
soak fresh Veyetables or potatoes and
which is

not often, but now that the trains are

onions When they can be got,
yublny We expect to vet some oftener
Have just come off outlying picket, that |
is doing sentry about one-half mile from}
the camp, allright (that is one of the!
Worst jobs that we yet

Joun Yo McoNaconr,

| First-class accommodation for

RECORDS |

GOLDEN DIVEIsSbON

Below we publish the mining records as
entered on the books at the Golden Re-

vording Othice
LOCATIONS

rept d— Red Bird,
Win MeNeish

Surprise, sane,

NF Canyon creek

Jno Henderson.
CA Macmillan
Cloud, Crystal creek,

Sun Rise, same,

Sept B—blying
Win Logat

hep 10
Quartz creek,
Minond

Gold Bug, same, Jolin Sanderson,

Gold Hill, same, WOM Brown

Srigus, Nutting and Farewell Fraction,

Chest and Gate
JC Montgomery and A

Golden

Canyon creek,Certaimty Gold Mining Co
shamrock, Quartz creek, Jas ‘Tb Cala
well
sept l4-
J O'Brien
Sept ld

Gold Seal, Canyon ercek, M
Neutral, same, LH Eetell
ARB] Se MENTS

sept 4—Da Varennes and Savana (5

years eae ho, Vifteen Mile creek, Cer
tainty Gold & Mining Oc
hept 5—G HA Fractional (2) years

Bugabow creek, dolin Y MoNought nd
Canadian Contingens
100

Nanzy Barrand Cassandna, Tin basket

Pxemption Act

Jake, rame

Sept 12-—Tamarack
Vhoenix, Ottertail creek, WT Oke aud
fom Hebron

Pearl, Fifteen Mile creek,

PKANDEERD

Rept 12--h Kh Wells to W 6

artzcrevk

Herenles and

M Dainard

Wells, all
in Lexington, Qu

WJ Lappan to Chae Baines, all in
Acorn, Bluewater creek

FE A Hagyen te Certainty Gold & Min
ing Co, all Nutting, Canon creek

Wim MeNeish to Jolin Henderson, a

Fed bud ’

as much |

THE OUTCROP,

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TUVRSDAY. &

SEPTEMBER 20,

THO),

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THE
HOTEL CANTERBURY.

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Barbour,
PACKER. |

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Athalmer

Packing for Mining
Companies a Specialty.

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The only First-Class Pack
Train in’ the Winder-
mere District, consisting
of 22 horses,

ese

Tnstructions left at the following

places will receive prompt at.

tention:

W.S. Santo & Co,
Pete rhorough,

Tue Ovreror,
Canterbury.

Kimpton & Pitts,
Windermere.

J.S. BARBOUR,
Athalmer, B.C.

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Canterbury, - - B.C.

This space is reserved |

for the
Athalmer
Townsite
Company.

Largest and Most Compicte Hotel in the
J

oolenay | Windermere District.
deouse,
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Atcaphiviey’ * \~*-

ea ALL
MODERN CONVENIEN

Rites Reasonable.

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} Convenient
to oe

Railway

Dept Sample Rooms for Commercial Mon.
and
Steamboat

Headquarters for Mining Men.

Lending

Headquarters for Commercial
and Mining Men.

Athalmer Pack and Saddle Horses for Sale or Hire.

GOLDEN, - - B.C,

East Kootenaay

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wee ee eee

The Mining

Athalmer House, ne ne

ae center of the
™ WINDERMERE DIV
FRANK DARGIS, Prop. '¢ A N fl E R
RS SSeS SAR ISOS I E24 Joine beautifully situated on the Lake and
stretching back to Toby ¢ is the

Creek it

Most Picturesque Spot in British Columbia.

x @) Minit | Men Mr. Hannineton, Engineer for the Canadian Pacitic Railway,
6) 2nd is now surveying a Railroad, which the concensus of opinion agree will, owing
to the lay of the country, pass throngh
CANTERBURY. ~~
wenn" |
hinest Brands sad min All Roads and Trails lead to
Seeccocoooooooos : ye CANTERBURY.

Saddle and Pack Horses for Hire.

PL I

Choice Lots from

Free pasture for those who wish to leave their horses

Whilest going into the hills or

“os $40 to $150.

M xporienced packers provided TITLE PERFECT.
Townsite Crown Granted and Reg

mess =e. The Canterbury Townsite Co,
AN limited,

CANTERBURY, >

on shortest notice to wecompany

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mining men or tottrists to any istel ed.

point in the district,

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